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Kid-friendly Next 96: Helping out & having fun for MLK Day weekend

Ahh, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is almost here. Time to have some fun and look forward to a four-day work week, but make sure you fit in some service to the community while you're at it.

Monday is a day of service, in honor of the civil rights leader, and we know ways to have fun and help the community this weekend.

ALL WEEKEND

Toy, books and blanket drive for CJC

The Children's Justice Center of Utah and Wasatch Counties takes in kids and families affected by physical or sexual abuse. Explain to your kids just how hard it is for these families and why it's important to donate good, quality items.

Then take new toys, books and/or fleece blankets to Thanksgiving Point's Musuem of Ancient Life, SCERA Center for the Arts, or Mountainland Association of Governments. The drive runs now through Jan. 18.

Hint: If you take your donations to Thanksgiving Point, check out the Dinosnorzzz sleepover on Jan. 14. Click here for details.

FRIDAY

Thrill of Sport

Utah Olympic Park just finished The Youth Hill and started the "Get Out and Play After School" sessions, which give the kids the opp. to try freeride, moguls, Nordic ski jumping, Alpine ski racing and a mini-skier cross course. Learn more about the program with the kids at a Thrill of Sport Reception, running this Friday and over the next few months.

Totally full of himself and looking out for the latest fashions, the Emperor falls for two con men's plan to sell the hottest, most stylish, new "invisible" clothes. The con men end up tricking the entire court, and a kid is the only one who has the guts to speak up against the tomfoolery. The play is by Judith Baker Kase, based on the story by Hans Christian Anderson and set in Japan.

The Hogle Zoo honors is volunteer this MLK weekend with a ceremony on Jan. 15. Honorees have logged about 20,000 service hours at the zoo and a group of them will be given the President's Volunteer Service Award. Other honorees will be given a glazed plate painted by Christie, one of the zoo's African elephants or a framed picture of one of the animals with their name and service hours. It's all going down at a ceremony on Jan. 15. Could be a great opp. to show your kids how service work really pays off.

For info on the reception or how you can volunteer call the zoo at 801-582-1631 or click here